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עֲדֻלָּם Adullam

Every verse in which this name stands — 8 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 144×8 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A place in Palestine. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 12:15 and last at 2 Chronicles 11:7.

1 Samuel 22:1שמואל א כב:א

וַיֵּלֶךְ דָּוִד מִשָּׁם וַיִּמָּלֵט אֶל־מְעָרַת עֲדֻלָּם וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶחָיו וְכָל־בֵּית אָבִיו וַיֵּרְדוּ אֵלָיו שָֽׁמָּה

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.

2 Samuel 23:13שמואל ב כג:יג

וַיֵּרְדוּ שלשים מֵהַשְּׁלֹשִׁים רֹאשׁ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־קָצִיר אֶל־דָּוִד אֶל־מְעָרַת עֲדֻלָּם וְחַיַּת פְּלִשְׁתִּים חֹנָה בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִֽים

And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

Micah 1:15מיכה א:טו

עֹד הַיֹּרֵשׁ אָבִי לָךְ יוֹשֶׁבֶת מָֽרֵשָׁה עַד־עֲדֻּלָּם יָבוֹא כְּבוֹד יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

I will yet bring unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, him that shall possess thee; The glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam.

Nehemiah 11:30נחמיה יא:ל

זָנֹחַ עֲדֻלָּם וְחַצְרֵיהֶם לָכִישׁ וּשְׂדֹתֶיהָ עֲזֵקָה וּבְנֹתֶיהָ וַיַּחֲנוּ מִבְּאֵֽר־שֶׁבַע עַד־גֵּֽיא־הִנֹּֽם

Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

1 Chronicles 11:15דברי הימים א יא:טו

וַיֵּרְדוּ שְֽׁלוֹשָׁה מִן־הַשְּׁלוֹשִׁים רֹאשׁ עַל־הַצֻּר אֶל־דָּוִיד אֶל־מְעָרַת עֲדֻלָּם וּמַחֲנֵה פְלִשְׁתִּים חֹנָה בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִֽים

And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, unto the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Adullam?

Adullam — עדלם in Hebrew — has a gematria of 144 in the standard method.

How many times is Adullam named in the Tanakh?

8 times, first at Joshua 12:15.

A spelling is not a name. The written word עדלם stands 7 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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